Today, guitar practice routine day 30, was the last day of my residency at theMarshall University Jazz Program, which was going to be a mixture of lessons, performances and workshops with the jazz areastudents at the school. Since I would be performing that night, and rehearsing-teaching all day, I kept my practice time to a…

Today, my guitar practice routine day 29, was the first full day of my residency at theMarshall University Jazz Program, which was going to be a mixture of lectures, performances and workshops with the music and jazz area students at the school. Unlike yesterday, which was spent mostly in airports and didn’t give me a…

In today’s jazz guitar practice routine article day 28, I arrived in Huntington, WV for my residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program. Right after I landed I drove to the school, met some of the jazz studies students and taught my first workshop of the week to a Jazz Pedagogy class. Since I spent…

In today’s article, guitar practice routine day 27, I will talk about the 3 days before I arrived in Huntington, WV for my residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program, where I spent time getting over jet lag, visiting family, changing strings, adjusting my guitar and trying to sneak in a few minutes of practice…

Today is my last guitar practice routine, guitar practice routine day 26, before I get on a plane and head to the US for my residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program, where I will be teaching workshops, lessons, giving classes on Jazz Pedagogy and Improvisation as well as performing a concert with pianist Sean…

Today in my guitar practice routine day 25, which I am working through to prepare myself for an upcoming residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program, I spent time practicing Blue In Green, continued my review of the Pat Martino scale patterns I’ve been working on, used a handful of Standards as vehicles for the…

Today in my guitar practice routine day 24, which I am working through to prepare myself for an upcoming residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program, I spent time doing a jazz guitar technical practice review, where I reviewed some Pat Martino vocabulary, playing along with a new series of backing tracks that I picked…

Today in my guitar practice routine day 23, which I am working through to prepare myself for an upcoming residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program, I was back in the woodshed after being away yesterday to attend the Registry of Guitar Tutors annual conference in London. Though taking a day off is always tough…

Today in my guitar practice routine day 22, which I am working through to prepare myself for an upcoming residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program, I was stretched for time as I am headed to London for the annual Registry of Guitar Tutors conference for the weekend, and so today was more of a…

Today in my guitar practice routine day 21, which I am working through to prepare myself for an upcoming residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program, I spent time working on a Pat Metheny lick from his solo on “All the Things You Are,” sight read through a handful of changes in real time along…

Today in my guitar practice routine day 20, which I am working through to prepare myself for an upcoming residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program, I only had about an hour to practice as I had a busy day of teaching and working from home. With such little time to devote to my guitar,…

Today in my guitar practice routine day 19, which I am working through to prepare myself for an upcoming residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program, I got back in the woodshed after taking yesterday off, as it was my teaching day at the Leeds College of Music. Since I had a day off yesterday,…

Today in my guitar practice routine day 18, which I am working through to prepare myself for an upcoming residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program, I kept working on the Joe Pass chord study that I started yesterday, spent a good amount of time sight-reading through standards, and reviewed the 6 solo and duo…

Today in my guitar practice routine day 17, which I am working through to prepare myself for an upcoming residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program, I decided to spend some time going back and working on a Joe Pass chord solo study, as well as work on chord soloing over the blues alongside my…

Today in my guitar practice routine day 16, which I am working through to prepare myself for an upcoming residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program, I decided to return to the Pat Martino shapes that I didn’t work on yesterday, as well as take some time to play some solo guitar tunes that I…

In today’s guitar practice routine day 15, as I am preparing for a residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program next month, I took some time to revisit one of my favorite players, Bill Evans, as well as spend some time playing through tunes from memory and sight-reading some of Evans’ most classic original tunes….

In today’s guitar practice routine day 14, as I am preparing for a residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program next month, I took some time to revisit one of my favorite players, John Coltrane, as well as dig deeper into the Pat Martino concepts I’ve been shedding up until this point in my routine….

Today’s guitar practice routine day 13, which I am doing in preparation for a residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program, marked the start of my third week of preparation for the concerts/workshops I will be giving next month. After taking the day off yesterday, Tuesday is my long teaching day at the Leeds College…

Today in my guitar practice routine day 12, which I am working through to prepare myself for an upcoming residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program, I didn’t bring anything new into the equation, but simply kept moving forward with what I was working on yesterday, playing with a lighter touch on my left hand…

In today’s guitar practice routine day 11, which I am doing in preparation for my upcoming residency at the Marshall University Jazz Program, I decided to put all of my focus into addressing a hand issue that came up yesterday in one of my lessons. During one of my Skype Guitar Lessons, I was working…